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"What did you expect? Did you think your father and I would be pleased to find you entering parenthood single and struggling?"

"I’," Dakota all but yelled

"You ran hoht I could turn to my parents to offer some emotional support I’m supposed to lower my stress level, have people around me" She pushed off the bed, moved back into the bathroom, and mumbled, "I should have just hired a live-in nurse"

Elaine blinked several ti about? Pregnancy doesn’t require professional care day and night"

"My blood pressure is too high"

"A lot of people have high blood pressure"

"This isn’t about nant"

Elaine tilted her head "I don’t understand"

"When Walt coht now I need to empty my already empty stomach" She pushed her er and closed the door

Chapter Nineteen

Walt’s road to rede discussion with Dakota’s parents about her health He’d shown up at just after ten to hear that Dakota wasn’t up to seeing him yet, but would he please explain her medical condition to her parents

By the time he and Dakota left the Laurens’ home, Elaine and Dennis were a little less worried about how their daughter’s pregnancy looked to the outside world, and hter’s health

Walt tucked her into the passenger seat and cracked theto fill the car with crisp air

"Morning sickness bites"

"I’ to hold your hair back"

Dakota looked at him like he was crazy "Yuck"

"I lasses, smiled "Offer still stands"

Walt handed her the key card sitting in the cup holder of the car "Here My room key"

"Why?"

"Because I want you to have it I want you to think of et a drawer to put s in your room, too?" she teased

"You can have the other side of the bedor the other roo your hair back Fair warning"

She played with the key but hadn’t handed it back Walt considered that progress "Does this have anything to do with your talk with ht?"